Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 454 I don't know if I can hold on. (Thanks to "旭_尧" for the patronage)

12:30 am.

Zhai Da finally felt uneasy, so he wandered around the hall twice before pushing open the door and going out.

"Hey Mr. Zhai, your midnight snack~"

Liu Jing took some bread and other snacks. Instant noodles were not allowed in the factory area, but there were plenty of other snacks on hand, and the canteen also had a small shop.

(The factory canteen has special equipment to treat cooking fumes).

Zhai Da took his coat and walked out, saying, "You eat."

Donning a thick black raincoat, Zhai Da stepped into the night rain. The rain was still quite heavy, though it had escalated from a torrential downpour to a downpour.

However, based on the information provided by Li Kangda, the situation in Qianshi is far more serious than in Dongyang.

The fact that 60% of the urban area was flooded is no joke; that's an area of ​​over 200 square kilometers, or hundreds of thousands of acres.

The farmland in urban areas and development zones is several times larger than this.

Is it because I have no recollection of my past life that it didn't affect Dongyang at all, or is it the butterfly effect?
Zhai Da drove his Volvo towards the Xinyi River embankment, his purpose clear: he wanted to see what was going on with the location of the "Circulating Change" machine.

The night was completely silent except for the sound of wind and rain. For some unknown reason, all the streetlights had gone out, and Zhai Da's car headlights were the only source of light.

Like a plowshare cutting through the night.

After driving all the way to the area where the system's red dot was located, Zhai Da confirmed that it was near the river. However, he had doubts about the strength of the river, which was submerged in water, so he did not drive up but got out of the car and walked.

The flashlight's range was too small, so Zhai Da swung his right arm, and a pure gold cane sliced ​​through the rain, suddenly appearing as it spun around, and was caught in his palm.

Once the [Pure Gold Secret Staff] landed, he confirmed that there was indeed a person at the location of the red dot, and to be precise, the location was not along the river, but below the river.

The Xinyi River, which was originally calm, is now wide and turbulent. Some people are huddled on a large rock, seemingly unable to move forward or backward.

When Zhai Da climbed the slope and looked down, he had to admit that he had considered many possibilities, but he never expected it to be her.

"What are you doing here? No, how did you get down there?!"

Soaked to the bone, disheveled and cold, Wang Xue squinted and looked up. When she saw someone coming, she hurriedly started to babble, but no one could understand a word she said.

Zhai Da remained calm. With telekinesis, his combat power might not be that strong, but his ability to save his life was certainly reliable. Without hesitation, he slid down the muddy slope, made a show of jumping, and cleared a distance of three meters.

He picked up the mute girl, jumped back, and climbed onto the riverbank.

Wang Xue could barely open her eyes, and her mind was scattered, so she couldn't notice these abnormalities at all.

For an average person, jumping three meters is not a big deal, but it's impossible to carry someone up such a muddy slope so easily.

Zhai Da reached out and patted the side of Wang Xue's thigh. Sure enough, there was something that looked like a wallet. The red dot position wasn't that precise, and it didn't react to this slight change in distance. Zhai Da needed to confirm it.

She has a revolving coin!
Was this mute girl just happened to be trapped, or is there really some danger here?
Reality quickly provided Zhai Da with the answer.

Suddenly, an unusual sound of earth and stones came from the darkness ahead, but it was only 500 meters away, at the limit of the white model's field of vision.

Zhai Da took off his raincoat and draped it over Wang Xue, calling out, "Don't move, I'll go check on her!"

The mute girl continued to babble, but Zhai Da had already run ahead and soon saw what he was most worried about.

For some reason, there was a huge hole in the river embankment ahead. The hole was not dug through, but it caused changes in the stress structure of the embankment. The cement slab cracked, and turbid river water gushed out from below, directly irrigating the farmland behind.

Zhai Da's face was grim. Bai Mo's vision allowed him to easily see the structure at the bottom of the river dam, which was now riddled with holes. The soil and rocks were being squeezed and eroded, and the situation was changing rapidly.

"Gan!"

It really was the "rotating change" that attracted Wang Xue; this chicken neck equipment really knows how to pick its targets.

Wang Xue is utterly useless. If the money is spent on the child next time, are you going to lure the child over here?!

Luckily, I was just being paranoid and came here.

Zhai Da's expression was grim. He threw the flashlight aside, slammed his pure gold cane into the ground with his left hand, and deeply embedded it into the soil.

The raindrops didn't touch my body; they only scratched me three centimeters from my skin.

Then Zhai Da hooked his right hand upwards with two fingers.

The next moment, in the darkness where no one could see, countless stones within a few dozen meters floated up. With his right hand pointing towards the pit, the stones surged into it like birds returning to their nests. Zhai Da could control 54 objects at a time, but he could control an endless stream.

Within a few breaths, the pit was first half-filled with stones, and then sticky mud surged in like a long snake, quickly filling the meter-deep pit.

Zhai Da leaped several meters and landed on the back of the riverbed. A fist-thick column of water was gushing out. Zhai Da only glanced at it. The soil around the hole blocked the flow of water inward, and the water flow became smaller and smaller until it was completely blocked.

Because of the complicated operation, Zhai Da had no time to stop the rain and his clothes were quickly soaked.

Fortunately, it's all sorted out.

Since the "Revitalizing the Nation through Industry" initiative was launched, I've almost forgotten what I used to do.

I'm using cheat codes!

Zhai Da turned to look at the village and fields behind him. Given the exaggerated situation of the relocation, the consequences of a breach in the dike would be unimaginable.
They were happy because a disaster had been averted.

"Slurp~"
A stream of muddy water appeared again, flew towards Zhai Da, but was blocked by telekinesis and fell to the ground.

Zhai Da silently turned his head to look at the newly emerging water outlet and immediately blocked it again.

However, there's the second, third, and fourth lanes.
And increasingly large cracks in the soil and rocks.
Before Zhai Da arrived, the river had already been silently eroding the riverbank for quite some time.
Although he could control the filling of gaps and holes in the soil and rocks inside, the river embankment itself was like a "porous brick," and the power of his telekinesis was far from enough to directly change the "porous" state like rammed earth.

Zhai Da stiffly pulled out his phone and dialed Li Kangda's number.

"Mr. Zhai? What's wrong? You haven't rested yet?"

"I discovered a breach in the dike near Liujia Village on the Xinyi River embankment."

"What the hell?!"

Li Kangda's voice suddenly rose eight octaves: "How could this be?! What's the situation on the ground?"

Zhai Da looked at the sieve-like slope and said gravely, "The leakage isn't too serious yet, but the trend is bad. Very bad. Call someone immediately!!!"

"Okay, okay! Is this Liu Family Village along the river?! I'm coming right away!"

Has flood discharge started in Qianshi?

"Oh no! Oh no! They just called and said they'd started digging!"

Zhai Da sighed: "Sigh~ I don't know if I can hold on."
Bullshit!
"Then hurry up and call for help!!"

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At roughly the same time, a hundred kilometers away, at the entrance to Luoma Lake/Xinyi River, the rescue team that had been working through the night set up a temporary camp, and everyone's face was ashen.

This is extremely serious. 60% of the urban area was flooded, with an average water depth of nearly one meter. Countless cars in residential areas were totaled. The most frightening thing is that a large number of factories in the development zone were flooded. Not only did their equipment suffer huge economic losses, but there is also the risk of pollution and secondary disasters.

Needless to say, farmland has also been severely affected, with preliminary statistics showing that the affected area exceeds 20000 hectares!

Their plan is to widen the gap between the Luoma Lake and the Xinyi River, lower the water level of Luoma Lake, and restore the city's ability to drain water into Luoma Lake.

Everything was urgent. At 10 p.m., we came up with this contingency plan and began mobilizing personnel and equipment. At 11 p.m., we officially approved it and notified the downstream.

Ethically, we need to wait until all the river embankments along the river have been inspected downstream to ensure that this move is absolutely safe. However, firstly, the city really can't hold on anymore, as the chemical plant has been flooded!
Secondly, most of the downstream areas are at the county level or even township level, and they simply cannot organize a large force. It would probably take more than ten hours for them to finish their inspection. In the end, they took a gamble and decided to start digging three hours after notifying the downstream areas.

Then, due to the increasing rainfall and the pressure on emergency response and administration, this time was moved forward again by 2 hours.
Inside a makeshift tent amidst the torrential rain, the rescue team's communications officer received a phone call: "Boss, we started digging five minutes ago... What?!"

The man slammed down the phone and shouted twice into the walkie-talkie, but it was too noisy for him to hear and he didn't respond. He could only frantically run away, yelling, "Stop! Don't dig anymore! There's a breach in the riverbank downstream!!"

However, he encountered an excavator heading back, and he immediately grabbed one and asked, "Have you started digging yet?"

"Dig it up! It's done."

"Holy crap, they finished digging so quickly?"

"Nonsense, it's like digging a dam, brother. Just dig a couple of shovelfuls, and the rest will be pushed by the water flow. Once you've dug, run away quickly, and then widen it as needed."

Sure enough, once the riverbank structure was damaged, the water flow broke through all obstacles on its own, and the breach was widening at a visible speed. If the excavator hadn't arrived in time, it would have been submerged as well.

The communications officer gripped the walkie-talkie, his heart sinking.
　Thanks to the leader "旭_尧", I was negligent and only noticed it several days later.

　　Therefore, there's an extra update today!
　　Also, it seems that the senior member "旭_尧" is not in the group. If you see this, you can apply to join the veteran group.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)